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Bayless appointed ref for fight of the century─── 08:23 Wed, 22 Apr 2015
Kenny Bayless has been named as the third man in the ring for next months’ fight of the century when Floyd Mayweather junior and Manny Pacquiao take to the ring next month in Las Vegas.
The Nevada boxing named also appointed Dave Moretti, Glenn Feldman and Burt Clements as judges for the bouts which will be the richest in boxing history.
Bayless is well known to and familiar with both fighters, having worked on four of Mayweather's fights and seven of Pacquiao's bouts.
While the purse for the bouts is fast approaching the 300 million dollars or R3,5 billion mark, Bayless will pocket just 25 thousand dollars, while the three judges will each get 20 thousand dollars.
Tickets for the bout are yet to go on sale, but it the USA boxing fans will have to dish out R730 to watch the fight on pay per view.
The fight will take place in the early hours of Sunday 3 May.
Morgan Piek / OFM News